Open AccessPhenotypic and plasmid pattern analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis in bacterial keratitis
Author(s) -
Niranjan Nayak,
Gita Satpathy,
RasikB Vajpayee,
Srikantam Mrudula
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.29488
Subject(s) - staphylococcus epidermidis , microbiology and biotechnology , keratitis , plasmid , multiple drug resistance , antibiotics , medicine , staphylococcus , biology , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , ophthalmology , genetics , dna
Staphylococcus epidermidis, a commensal of the conjunctival sac has been incriminated as the commonest etiological agent of bacterial keratitis. However, the pathogenic potential of this commensal organism is not clearly known.
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